Zhao Defang's road to the virtuous king

After listening to this, Defang thought for a while, nodded and said, "Madam's words are very true, since there are others to do the work, why should the lonely king do it himself? Mr. Zhang, the lonely king will appreciate it."

"Thank you, my lord."

"Master Zhang, has His Majesty decided on who will go there?"

"Back to the prince, your majesty has not yet decided, but I heard from Eunuch Zhang that your majesty intends to send eunuchs there."

"Since what Zhang Wenxi said, there is nothing wrong with it. Mr. Zhang, you were rejected by His Majesty. Now it may be difficult for you to even see him. How can you help the lonely king to recommend capable ministers?"

"Back to the lord, I recommended Lan Minzheng and Pei Yu, although I didn't get His Majesty's consent, but after all, I made an invitation for them. Lan Minzheng and Pei Yu are currently being appreciated by His Majesty because of their literary talents, and they are not compatible with Wang Jien. I really want to get Wang Ji'en's status, and the officials can use this to let them recommend capable ministers to His Majesty, saying that they can restrain Wang Ji'en, so that they can be more favored by His Majesty. Such benefits are in front of them, and they will be happy to do it .”

Defang looked at Concubine Di, Concubine Di smiled and nodded, so Defang said, "Master Zhang is really thoughtful, so your condition is that the lonely king will keep you in the Imperial Academy?"

"How dare the lower officials negotiate terms with the prince, the lower officials just ask the prince to give him a future."

Defang was silent for a while and said, "Master Zhang, it's getting late, let's go back."

"My lord" Zhang Ji looked at Defang, "I'm going down..."

Defang ordered someone to take the pen and paper, wrote a note and handed it to Zhang Ji, and then said with a smile, "Master Zhang, the lonely king has accepted your generous gift, and the lonely king will return the gift, so please wait in the mansion."

"Thank you, my lord!" Zhang Ji understood that De Fang had agreed, and quickly knelt down to thank him.

"Xiaopeng, send Master Zhang out of the mansion through the side door."

After Zhang Ji left, Defang hugged Cong Pu and looked at the dragon and tortoise lying on the pillow and said, "Peony... It seems that everyone in the palace knows about the lonely king and his wife, hahahaha"

"My lord also said that I miss peony without eating or drinking, and I'm not afraid of others' jokes."

"The lonely king is not afraid of being laughed at by others. If he couldn't find the peony lonely king, he would really suffer from lovesickness."

"That's right, when spring comes, there will be peonies all over the yard, the prince can just look at it."

"But the lonely king Dudu likes this flower of his wife, and he has to look at it every day."

"So you, the virtuous king, are always on guard?"

"Hmm! The guard of the lonely king has to guard Princess Peony for the rest of his life, hehehehe"

"Concubine Peony and the bodyguard of the virtuous king are a good match."

"Yes, this is a gift from heaven. The lonely king is a very competent flower protector."

"Then the peony of this concubine can bloom in four seasons." Concubine Di and Defang were very happy when they thought about the past.

Defang wrote the names of the candidates on the note to Zhang Ji. They were Zhang Jian, a direct scholar of the Privy Council, and Feng Shougui, deputy envoy of Xijing Workshop. Later, both of them were appointed by Emperor Taizong to go to Xichuan together. The two were teaching strategies face to face. Zhang Jian said: Yizhou has not been recovered, and the people's hearts are unstable and the army's morale is chaotic. Weichen is the comfort envoy of Yizhou.Taizong agreed and handed him several blank official appointment letters. After Zhang Jian and Feng Shougui arrived in Xichuan, they immediately adjusted the imperial army with Zhizhou Zhang Yong, but Wang Jien was still arrogant. Its deployment was transferred away from Xichuan, and then the rest of the surrounding rebellious troops were recruited and divided, and the people of Sichuan and Shu began to stabilize since then.

In mid-December, Chongyi envoy Su Han went straight to Jiazhou, which was occupied by the rebel army, and Wang Wencao, the prefect appointed by the rebel general Li Shun, surrendered the city.Secretary Cheng and Zhang Shu, governor of Mengzhou, were executed by the imperial court at the market for surrendering to Li Shun's rebellious army.